Pipe for smoking tobacco.



J. DREW. PIPE FOR SMOKING TOBACCO. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 3, 1908.

Patented Dec. 28, 1909.

Q/ jihwomo ANDREW. B. GRAFIM C0, PHOYQ LT: RAPHERS WAS \GTON D ii innearns ATEN o C PIPE FOR SMOKING TOBACCO.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACK DREW, a citizen of the United States, residingat l/Vestwood, in the county of Bergen and State of New Jersey, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Pipes for SmokingTobacco; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming a part of this specification, and to the figures ofref erence marked thereon.

The object of the present invention is to provide a pipe for smokingtobacco, etc., which shall have combined with it a convenient meanswhereby the tobacco may be tamped or the bowl and interior parts of thepipe cleaned, the tamping and cleaning means being normally soassociated with the pipe as to be effectually concealed without formingany opening or passageway through which nicotin, the products ofcombustion, or saliva can escape to the exterior of the pipe.

Referring to the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a longitudinalsection through a pipe, of popular form, embodying the presentimprovement. Fig. 2 is a section through the bowl in a plane at rightangles to Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a view illustrating the manner of using thetamping device. Fig. 4 is an elevation of the preferred form of tampingdevice separate from the pipe, and Fig. 5 is a plan view of the blankfrom which the tamping device is formed.

The bowl A, together with the portion B of the stem which is formedintegral with the bowl, may be of any preferred conventional form ormaterial. The detachable mouth piece or stem section C may, as is usualin the most popular form of pipe, be of considerable length and unitedto the portion 13 by any of the well known detachable connecting means,such, for instance, as the tapered socket and stem end illustrated inthe drawing. The usual smoke passage or duct D extends through the steminto the bottom of the bowl cavity, and in addition, the base of thebowl and portion of the stem which is formed integral therewith, areprovided with a longitudinally extending recess or chamber E,preferably, parallel with the smoke passage, but removed therefrom asuflicient distance to prevent any possibility of nicotin or salivafinding its way from one passage into the other. Furthermore, thechamber or recess E ter- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 3, 1908.

Patented Dec. 28, 1909. Serial No. 446,661.

minates within that portion of the stem which is formed integral withthe bowl, thereby avoiding any liability of nicotin entering the same atits inner end, as would be liable to happen should the chamber E extendto, or across the joint between the two sections of the stem. Thechamber E is adapted for the reception of the tamping device, whichlatter preferably has a substantially fiat head F and a bifurcated stemor shank formed by arms F. The arms, by their resiliency and tendency toseparate, will cause the shank or stem to bind within the chamber E,thereby retaining the device in place against accidental escape. As anadditional precaution against the accidental escape of the tampingdevice, one of the stems, at a point in proximity to the head, ispreferably provided with a bead or projection f, which when forced intothe chamber E as the device reaches its seat exerts considerablefriction and resistance to the initial withdrawal movement, althoughwhen the projection has passed beyond the walls of the chamber thetamping device is substantially free and its complete withdrawalrendered relatively easy.

As a convenient and preferred construction, the tamping device is formedfrom a single integral metal blank shown in Fig. 5, with the centralportion at F enlarged transversely and of a proper shape to constitutethe flat head of the tamping device when the two arms F are bent to theshape indicated in Fig. 4.

The tamping device may be conveniently made of aluminum or other metalnot liable to corrode, and obviously the head or face of the head may bemade ornamental so as to present a neat and attractive appearance.

In use, the flattened head of the device may be employed as a tamp forthe tobacco or as a scraper for cleaning the internal walls of the bowland the shank may be used as a stem cleaner, it being particularlyadvantageous in the latter connection because of its capacity for usesimilar to a pair of tweezers in removing or withdrawing obstructions oraccumulations.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters-Patent, is:

A pipe comprising a bowl and sectional stem, the latter having a smokepassage therein communicating with the bowl and one of the sections ofsaid stem being formed integralwith the base of the bowl and hav-''with'a transverse projection also adapted to ing a chamber thereinparallel with and l frictionally engage the Walls of the chamber 10separate from the smoke-passage, and an whereby the tainpingdevice willbe held integral tamping device having a substansecurely in place,substantially as described. tially fiat head, a transversely resilientbi- JACK DREV. furcated stern adapted to seat in and frielVitnesses:

tionally engage the Walls of the chamber, G. F. PATTBERG,

one of the arms of said stem being provided HENRY PATTBERG, J 1-.

